 | Geological and Agricultural Survey of the State of South Carolina - 1848 - 394 páginas
...united the teeth of crocodile ; a neck of.enormous length, resembling the body of a serpent; a trunk-and tail having the proportions of an ordinary quadruped; the ribs of a chameleon and the paddles of a whale." , ., •. The cranium resembles that of the crocodile or alligator... | |
 | David Masson - 1850 - 444 páginas
...plesiosaurus appears at first an aggregation of incongruities. ' To the head of a lizard,' says Dr Buckland, ' it united the teeth of a crocodile ; a neck of enormous...proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a chameleon, and the paddles of a whale.' The chief species of the genus are the plesiosaurus dolichodeirus... | |
 | Richard Owen - 1851 - 470 páginas
...it which Dr. Buckland has given in his interesting and instructive ' Bridgewater Treatise :' — " To the head of a Lizard it united the teeth of a Crocodile...proportions of an ordinary quadruped ; the ribs of a Chameleon ; and the paddles of a Whale. Such are the strange combinations of form and structure in... | |
 | 1840 - 524 páginas
...altogether the most monstrous that have been vet found amid the ruins of a former world. Totheheadof a lizard it united the teeth of a crocodile ; a neck...proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a cameleon, and the paddles of a whale. Such are the strange combinations of form and structure in the... | |
 | John Anderson - 1851 - 388 páginas
...unparalleled, even amid the ruins of the old world. Here we have the union of the serpent and chameleon, with a trunk and tail having the proportions of an ordinary quadruped. The mechanism of the lungs and ribs is peculiar, showing that the animal must have breathed with such force... | |
 | 1850 - 426 páginas
...describing it, says : " To the head of a lizard it united the leeth of a crocodile ; a neck of .mormons length, resembling the body of a serpent ; a trunk...paddle of a whale." Besides these animals we find the Pterodactyl*, half bird and half reptile ; the Megalosaurus, or gigantic lizard ; the Hyheosaurus,... | |
 | 1853 - 1036 páginas
...characters altogether the most monstrous that have been yet found amid the ruins of a former world. To the head of a lizard it united the teeth of a crocodile,...proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a cameleon, and the paddles of a whale. Such are the strange combinations of form and structure in the... | |
 | 1854 - 602 páginas
...Plesiosaurus, on the contrary, as its name denotes, partook more of the quadruped form. Dr. Bnckland in describing it, says: "To the head of a lizard it...proportions of an ordinary quadruped; the ribs of a cameleon, and the paddles of a whale." Besides these animals we find the Pterodactyle, half bird and... | |
 | Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum - 1854 - 214 páginas
...singular, and its characters the most monstrous, that had been discovered amid the ruins of a former world. To the head of a Lizard it united the teeth of a Crocodile,...proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a Chameleon, and the paddles of a Whale. " Such," writes Dr. Buckland, " are the strange combinations... | |
 | Frederick Collier Bakewell - 1854 - 170 páginas
...united the teeth of a crocodile, a neck of enormous length resembling the body of a serpent, a body and tail having the proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a cameleon, and the paddles of a whale. These creatures appear to have lived in shallow seas and estuaries.... | |
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To the head of a Lizard, it united the teeth of a Crocodile ; a neck of enormous length, resembling the body of a Serpent: a trunk and tail having the proportions of an ordinary quadruped, the ribs of a Chameleon, and the paddles of a Whale. 
